13-letter words containing s, e, r, i, w
- whoremistress — a female owner or keeper of a brothel
- wicketkeepers — Plural form of wicketkeeper.
- widow's cruse — an inexhaustible supply of something: in allusion to the miracle of the cruse of oil in I Kings 17:10–16 and II Kings 4:1–7.
- williams pear — a variety of pear that has large yellow juicy sweet fruit
- willing horse — a person prepared to work hard
- willow grouse — a N European grouse, Lagopus lagopus, with a reddish-brown plumage and white wings: now regarded as the same species as the red grouse (L. lagopus scoticus) of Britain
- windsor bench — a bench similar in construction to a Windsor chair.
- winter savory — See under savory2 .
- winter sports — Winter sports are sports that take place on ice or snow, for example skating and skiing.
- winter squash — any of several varieties of Cucurbita maxima or C. moschata that mature in late autumn and are used, when ripe, as a vegetable.
- winter's bark — an evergreen tree, Drimys winteri, ranging from Mexico to Cape Horn, having aromatic leaves and cream-colored, jasmine-scented flowers.
- winter's tale — a drama (1610–11?) by Shakespeare.
- winterisation — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of winterization.
- wire transfer — bank-to-bank money transfer
- wire-transfer — to transmit (money or credit) by wire transfer.
- wireless room — a room on a premises, on a ship, etc where radio equipment is installed
- witches' brew — a potent magical concoction supposedly prepared by witches.
- with interest — plus money owed
- with pleasure — gladly, willingly
- withdrawnness — The state or condition of being withdrawn or isolated.
- within reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- without tears — presented so as to be easily assimilated
- witwatersrand — a rocky ridge in S Africa, in the Republic of South Africa, near Johannesburg.
- words fail me — I am too happy, sad, amazed, etc, to express my thoughts
- worker-priest — (in France) a Roman Catholic priest who, in addition to his priestly duties, works part-time in a secular job.
- working asset — invested capital that is comparatively liquid.
- workingperson — a workingman or workingwoman.
- world service — a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which transmits programmes in many languages around the world
- worrisomeness — The property of being worrisome.